* Missouri Health Connection, the state-designated health information exchange, has named Mark Pasquale as CEO, starting March 10. He will succeed Marc Andiel who has served as interim CEO since November and will continue to be chief technical officer. Pasquale most recently was CIO at Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta; he previously was vice president of information services at Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis, and also served as director of applications development for McKesson Corp. in its Springfield, Mo., office.